Promoting Prestone Coolant and its ability to protect cars from overheating, Parking Lot opens on a man walking through the parking lot of an auto parts store on a hot day with a container of the product. A mammoth, black tow truck, emblazoned with skull and crossbones, appears behind the man and follows him, intent on taking his car to its auto graveyard. The Reaper's plans are foiled, however, when the man suddenly whips around and confronts the truck with his Prestone Coolant. Other people, aware of the man's plight, leap to his side. They, too, hold Prestone. "The Reaper has no choice," says France, "but to back off and find another victim."
SPW Credits
Agency: The Richards Group, Dallas. Chuck Schiller, Brand Creative Director; Benji Vega, Brand Creative Art Director; Andria Kushan, Brand Creative Writer; Paul Nelson; Agency Producer; David Hall, Principal/Brand Management; Stephanie Williams and Clarissa Lampertz, Brand Management; Sara Sax, Broadcast Business Affairs; Production: STORY. Jeff France, director; Mark Androw and Cliff Grant, Executive Producers; Merilee Newman, Producer; Editorial: 3008 Editorial. Marc Stone, Editor; Anne Strock, Executive Producer.
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Go RVing, Explore Commercial Productions and Director Jeremy Pinckert Don’t Want You to Go There in a Hotel!
"Hotel Hassle" directed by Jeremy Pinckert.
Commercial production company Explore and director Jeremy Pinckert went to a familiar well to pull inspiration for their latest production for Go RVing. "Hotel Hassle" was initially conceived as an audio-only campaign, but Go RVing's SVP/CMO Karen Redfern asked Explore to adapt the script into a new, live-action commercial. The adaptation from audio ads to digital commercial spots involved adding re-written lines and a few iconic scenes from Pinckert’s ideas that provided anchor moments for the ads. In particular, 'Hotel Hassle' features a room key that just won’t open the door. The visual he added (a round sensor on the door where the key unlocks) not only modernized the ad into the age of tap, but also gave the spot a technology vs. human undertone, invoking the AI-character Hal from Stanley Kubrick’s '2001 A Space Odyssey.'
Explore and Pinckert also added a visual hook to the ending of the spot that leaned on his own experiences traveling with his family. He found his hands were always full, clutching a few bags, random loose objects, his phone, and of course, his coffee. In the commercial, there is a moment where all of the frustrations are just too much for the protagonist and he almost curses in front of the family. What if the director added an action where the protagonist accidentally spills their coffee and the camera freezes precisely at this moment?
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"Hotel Hassle", part of Go RVing's larger Don't Go There! campaign, is currently being broadcast nationwide via strategic digital channels.
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